The Chinese Fighter plane probably was a bigger deal on the merits. I don't know how seriously our national security apparatus takes that versus this attack. A

The Chinese Fighter plane probably was a bigger deal on the merits. I don't know how seriously our national security apparatus takes that versus this attack. As an attack, though, it didn't rise to a major domestic political issue because there just isn't anything up for debate. It happened, it's clearly bad — where was our response lacking? Maybe it was lacking, but apparently our two parties don't disagree enough to make it an issue. And that's the issue here. If both parties agreed that it's wrong for foreign governments to hack the DNC's e-mail and air their dirty laundry, there wouldn't be much public debate. But the President elect claims it didn't even happen, and that's making the stakes far larger than the issue itself. It's like Elian Gonzales: how much does the event itself matter? Not that much. How much do the conflicting political forces arrayed around the event matter? A whole lot.